Great War truck Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 didnt Ingersol make really expensive watches and compressors (although those were not pound for pound as expensive as the watches), Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 These are all great photos so thanks for sharing them. The lorry with the RN on the side looks like a Seabrook. Not seen a picture of one outside the UK before. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Found 3 more P&M pictures, and just scanned them, not much happening here! Cheers, Lex Hi Lex, I posted this thread in the Pre WW2 Vehicles subforum a couple of days ago. Nothing happened there as well... So I'll also post it on this Motorcycle subforum, in the hope that somebody will react here... Hello, I own two WW2 Royal Enfield motorcycles, and as such I became quite interested in the WW2 history. In a way to combine these two interests, I started to research the war time and early post war Royal Enfield history. This research job also spread to the WW1 period. With the help of many knowledgeable friends I have discovered a lot of interesting information. I have bundled all these facts in a Report. The WW1 part of my Report can be found here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38004199/The%20RE-WD%20models%20report%20part%201%20the%20Great%20War.pdf If anybody on this forum would have anything to add (pictures, facts, ...), please let me know! Jan Sorry Lex, haven't got any P&M pictures that you haven't seen yet... ) But I hope that my input will inspire more people to post something here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Oh no. i am sorry. You are making me feel bad. I promise i will do better. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I am sure i parked mine around here somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Ah, there we go! ) Some more: Lex, I did find a "new" P&M picture: Interesting comparison: Another Triumph: A privately owned outfit (does anybody recognise which one?): And a New Hudson catalogue: Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 A very interesting and informed report that you wrote on Enfield. The American Expeditionary Force also made use of a great deal of British trucks such as AEC, Dennis and Foden as well as employing US built trucks which had been supplied to the British such as Peerless and FWD. Good read. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 A very interesting and informed report that you wrote on Enfield. And you haven't seen the other parts of my Report yet! ) A much appreciated compliment from one of the WW1 specialists! Thanks! And thanks for the additional information! Regards, Jan PS: I read your rebuild blogs with great interest. They have often inspired me on how to overcome certain engineering difficulties. Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Ah Jan, I had seen it before, but it's even better now!!! good to see some action here, have many more stuff to scan, will do after Beltring, leaving tomorrowmorning, at O'dark, beddybeddybeyes for now! Tim, also thanks for joining in, and also gritineye, great pics!!! Cheers, Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Garrison Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Great to see so many old WWI pics. Here is a shot of our 1917 Indian. Which has WWII Civil Defence Warden plates on it at present, but may be painted WWI Indian Kahki when i restore her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 What a beauty! Here are some Indians "in active service": Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 It is generally thought that Nortons, who were a small factory at the time, did not supply any WD contracts, although a few Imperial Russian Models did make it there before the order was cancelled. However, this photograph dated March 1916 implies that some at least were being used for the war effort. It is captioned as Norton Watsonian Motorycle Ambulance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 More New Hudsons: Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Hi all, just remembered there's a nice Italian book out about WWI bikes, all black & white pictures, divided by make, so US, Brit, French, German and Italian bikes. also with English and German text. Can be ordered here: http://www.libreriazanetti.it/zanetti_editore/varia/varia_3.htm# Some really good pictures in it, here a scan as an appetizer. Indian crashes frontally on a Fiat Lorry. Cheers, Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennV Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hi, Just found some nice pictures of Royal Enfield WW1 motorcycles. The story is : In previous years, Royal Enfield had fitted a Maxim machinegun to one of its sidecar combos for publicity purposes. In a memorable snafu, the machinegun (which was not operational) was seized by customs on its way to a show in Ireland early in 1914, where there were restrictions on the importations of guns due to the political unrests there. At the outbreak of the war the machinegun-enabled combo was rushed to the Ministry of Munitions and an order for 6hp's with strengthened chassis was received. Vickers guns were mounted on the sidecar chassis and they could be swivelled in any direction, forward, backward, sideways, even used as anti-aircraft gun. A padded seat and backrest were provided for the machinegun operator. Another model was fitted with a stretcher to carry wounded. The info and pictures came from this website : http://myroyalenfields.blogspot.be/2009/12/1915.html Kind regards, Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hello Glenn, You'll find more accurate information on the WW1 Royal Enfields here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38004199/The%20RE-WD%20models%20report%20part%201%20the%20Great%20War.pdf Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennV Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Hi Jan, Thank you for the wonderful info .... I will start reading it as soon as possible ! :cheesy: BTW i just came across these pictures : Resource : http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3883&sid=5dcd30397b99d9efe878814c0a0267ce I think it is the same sidecar as in the other pictures. Greetings - Groetjes, Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 My pleasure Glenn! By the way, the outfit above is one of the few surviving MMGS Clyno combinations. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton 1926 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The belts on the Triumph forks was supposed to stop the forks going forward if the spring broke but it did not work. The bike with zu on the tank looks very much like a Triumph, Possibly he put a name on the bike himself like they did with tanks and wagons. Very good unusual photos thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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